UAE passport becomes strongest in the world

DUBAI: The passport from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the strongest in the world according to the Passport Index.

The Passport Index is the world’s most popular online interactive tool, which collects, displays and ranks the passports of the world.

The UAE passport is ranked at the top as it allows visa-free travel to 113 countries and visa on arrival to 54 countries. In second place is Singapore, followed by Germany.

UAE’s achievement coincides with the country’s 47th National Day.

Pakistan’s passport continues to be ranked among the lowest coming in at 92 with visa-free travel to only eight and visa on arrival to 27. Iraq and Afghanistan are the two countries which rank lower than Pakistan.